OpenAI says hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users may show signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week.
  • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    5 days ago

    It’s extrapolated from their own user count:

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said earlier this month that ChatGPT now has 800 million weekly active users. The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis. About 2.4 million more are possibly expressing suicidal ideations or prioritizing talking to ChatGPT over their loved ones, school, or work.

    • higgsboson@piefed.socialEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Sure, but I mean the more important numbers, which would be how this compares to a control sample, or at least comparing it to the overall population. Otherwise this could be less psychosis than expected.

      • whoever loves Digit@piefed.socialEnglish
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        5 days ago

        I feel like science denialist cultism is a form of psychosis the vast majority of people seem to have, so measuring it every week from a few hundred thousand people is surprisingly low